What should I upgrade?

[FriskierAnt48]

Pc Specs
Motherboard- Asus M5A97
Cpu- Fx-8320
Gpu- MSI 1050ti
ram- 16 gb DDr3
Power Supply- High Power 600w with 80+ bronze
I don't remember my hard drive sorry.

I'm was planning on upgrading my gpu to a 1070ti after Christmas but, after reading up about them. I found out that my cpu will bottleneck the gpu. Will it give me better performance in games such as Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, Ark Survival Evolved, Fallout 4 and Subnautica (just to name a few) if I upgrade the gpu with my cpu causing some bottleneck, or would it give me better performance if I keep my 1050ti and upgrade my motherboard, cpu and ram to a newer generation?

If I do upgrade my gpu, how bad will the bottleneck be in the games I listed?

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Well, considering your CPU would bottleneck a GTX 1060, getting the 1070Ti would not be a great idea. Sure, you'll see a minimal performance uplift, but nowhere near the capability of the GPU. Right now you are well balanced with the CPU and GPU trading the bottleneck depending on the game. You're getting the most out of the hardware as it is.

In this case I'd recommend getting the CPU, motherboard, and RAM upgrade. You aren't going to get much more in the way of frame rates until you can upgrade the graphics card too, but it will be a big quality of life upgrade as most daily tasks will run faster and smoother. Upgrading the GPU would be pointless without upgrading the CPU.

 

[jaslion]

Pc Specs
Motherboard- Asus M5A97
Cpu- Fx-8320
Gpu- MSI 1050ti
ram- 16 gb DDr3
Power Supply- 600w
I don't remember my hard drive sorry.

I'm was planning on upgrading my gpu to a 1070ti after Christmas but, after reading up about them. I found out that my cpu will bottleneck the gpu. Will it give me better performance in games such as Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, Ark Survival Evolved, Fallout 4 and Subnautica (just to name a few) if I upgrade the gpu with my cpu causing some bottleneck, or would it give me better performance if I keep my 1050ti and upgrade my motherboard, cpu and ram to a newer generation?

If I do upgrade my gpu, how bad will the bottleneck be in the games I listed?

There isn't really a good choice here. You are basically running the best card that should be used with a fx 8320 atm and getting a new cpu + ram and board will help in games where it's already struggling but in games where it's doing fine you won't notice a performance increase.

 

[The Paladin]

choices are;

1. get 1060 and save for a motherboard/cpu/ram upgrade later
2. get motherboard/cpu/ram upgrade now, and get video card upgrade later

both can be had for about the same price.
Personally I would do the later one, why? because a cpu/motherboard Ram upgrade will give you substantially more performance (even with the 1050ti video card permitting you to play games all the way up to PUBG effortlessly)

I suggest cpu/motherboard/ram for 305$
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $305.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-21 06:51 EST-0500

ref: cpu compare : https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2600-vs-AMD-FX-8320-Eight-Core/3243vs1782

 

[SgtScream]

I verified your preexisting motherboard ATX form factor, therefore I did not select an inappropriately sized motherboard for your case. If you're going to invest in a CPU/Motherboard/Memory combo, make the investment count and go with a 2 x 8gb kit. Windows 10 in combination to modern day games are starting to use more than 8gb system memory.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $319.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-21 09:14 EST-0500

Best advice: Keep your 1050 ti and upgrade the CPU/Motherboard/Memory now. You'll be glad you did because you'll see more of a difference going with the combo now as opposed to purchasing the 1060. Hold off and upgrade your graphics card in the future.

 

[DSzymborski]

And what power supply is this specifically? It may very well need to be replaced before you upgrade your GPU, regardless of what you do with your CPU/RAM/MB, and "600W" doesn't say very much; there are great PSUs and horrific ones at pretty much every wattage.

 

[FriskierAnt48]

And what power supply is this specifically? It may very well need to be replaced before you upgrade your GPU, regardless of what you do with your CPU/RAM/MB, and "600W" doesn't say very much; there are great PSUs and horrific ones at pretty much every wattage.

Oh yeah, its a High Power 600w with 80+ bronze psu.

I probably should edit that.

 

[The Paladin]

SgtScream
I would not get DDR4-3000 for a board that doesn't support it.

 

[SgtScream]

SgtScream
I would not get DDR4-3000 for a board that doesn't support it.

The DDR4 3000 is compatible and will run at 2933 mhz on that motherboard. The reason for my choice was the price and availability.